Legolas: “What is this horrid creature? A goblin-mutant?”
Glóin: “That’s me wee lad, Gimli!”
Legolas, way way way into the future: “And that, kids, is how I met your grandpa Glóin. You know, he still hasn’t let me forget about that. Anyway, it took me another 60/80 (pick movie or book canon) years to meet your dad, but I’m getting to it.”
If you want to make it Angsty, you could have Legolas telling the story to their kids just before they sail into the undying lands. Because everyone else who knows the whole story has gone away, and Gimli is old and his memory is going, and their Auntie Tauriel only knows parts of it.
But they remain on Middle Earth, and their fathers sail away, but it’s okay. They won’t let their story be forgotten, go on Ada and Adad, go to the west and be happy together. We’ve got this sorted.
yeah Aragorn dies and Legolas is like “okay let’s go then”, grabs Gimli like “okay honey we’re off now come on”, and they sail
also I read the word “angsty” and I was like
Ayyye! I thought it was that! All the fellowship died and so they had no reason left to stay on Middle Earth and so they sailed to the undying lands. Although it was more like Legolas being all “You can’t have THIS ONE TOO DEATH!”
But yeah, Legolas goes with his Husband because Gimli is old and it might be his last chance to sail, and Tauriel is going to stay because she wants to fight for the land still and Arwen needs a bro to hang with.
Their kids tell their story and it becomes the Beren and Luthien of a whole new generation.
HELL YES TAURIEL/ARWEN FRIENDSHIP WOOOOOOO
also yes people get to know the epic love story of Legolas Thranduilion and Gimli son of Glóin and it’s like, Beren and Luthien who?? xD
Leggy sneaks Gimli in under the cloak Galadriel gave him (Galadriel totally knows and actually helps with the smuggling bc Gimli is a very charming Dwarf)
this thread made me sprout wings and fly around the room ❤
Tolkien eventually abandoned the idea of Dagor Dagorath, apparently! But I like it as an apocalyptic prophecy anyway – bc prophecy as a concept in itself can be a tricky and twisty thing, even in a fantasy universe. We can’t be sure of how it will play out – we dunno much of anything about it, really.
I honestly don’t know! I’d be thrilled to read a Dagor Dagorath fic, though. Everybody is BACK, and oh my goodness, that particular bitter ancient feud is still rather spicy, isn’t it. The leadup to the battle! Bickering! A million famous war-heroes and leaders, all trying to be in charge! Everybody having to work under the lead of the Valar – lmao, oh of course, and no Elf has ever disregarded what the Valar say, ever. /sarcasm
And Morgoth’s Extra Extra-ness, everywhere you look. Just him and his fortresses and his “got anything more gloomy or doomy?” naming schemes and his mega-monsters of gargantuan evillll and his AVALANCHES OF PETTINESS – because he MUST tear down the mountains again. bc Aule remade them, so naturally he does. Godlike toddler kicking down sandcastles much
also he has a new rule, and it is No Elvish Singing Allowed.
(and no naptimes, either)
And afterwards, too! All those Dwarves busily rebuilding Arda, the Elves asking each other, ‘wtf you’re back? but weren’t you dead just last week?’
Meanwhile, Mandos regrets experimenting in prophecy. Now he’s out of a job.
From the incredible, talent, unspeakable, seriously-i-can’t-say-enough-how-awesome, https://determamfidd.tumblr.com/, and her fic Sansukh. If you’re a fan of Lord of the Rings, Gigolas, and Bagginshield and you haven’t read this yet, literally what are you doing??? Go read it.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Oh my god, Gimris’ arms, please carry me away you glorious Dwarf
AHH STONEHELM MY CHILD, I AM SO OVERJOYED YOU DREW HIM, AND SO GORGEOUSLY! AHH HE’S SO BEAUTIFUL!
GIMLI! DARK-HAIRED LEGOLAS! OH MY GOSH THANK YOU SO SO MUCH, THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!
And augh. AUGH. that last Bilbo pic – oh Mahal help me augh i hurt it is so glorious and so OUCH
Aw Yiss 